Parsonstown Union Minute Books
- IE OCL BG164/1
- Séries
- 1839 - 1921
Parte de Records of Parsonstown Union
97 Minute Books -
BG164/1/1-97: June 1839 - August 1921
(Note: name changes to Birr Union after January 1900).
Parsonstown (Birr) Poor Law Union
Parsonstown Union Minute Books
Parte de Records of Parsonstown Union
97 Minute Books -
BG164/1/1-97: June 1839 - August 1921
(Note: name changes to Birr Union after January 1900).
Parsonstown (Birr) Poor Law Union
Leases of ‘The Myrtle House’, Youghal
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Original lease (1604) and 2 non-contemporary copy leases of ‘The Myrtle House’, Youghal, [former home of Sir Walter Ralegh], held by the Parsonses of Parsonstown under a lease from the [1st and Great] Earl of Cork.
Parsons Family, Earls of Rosse
Leases of lands in the manor of Parsonstown, Co. Wexford
Parte de The Rosse Papers
c.25 leases of lands in the manor of Parsonstown, Co. Wexford, which reverted to the Parsonses of Parsonstown, King’s County, between 1708 and 1711, [and seems to have been settled by them on a younger son, Piggott Parsons, brother of Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Bt, on the failure of whose issue it seems to have reverted to the King’s County Parsonses, only to be used again as an appanage in the mid-19th century]. Some of the lands mentioned are Cullentrough, barony of Gorey; Ballyduff, Mangan,
Killenagh, Howell’s Land and Glascarrig, barony of Ballaghkeen; and parts of the manor of St John’s (Tomnegranoge, Knockmarshal, etc), barony of Bantry. [The documents are in date order and are ready for numbering, or rather re-numbering, as each has an obsolete number written on it.]
Leases of ‘the Fair Green’, ‘the Factory Field’ and other premises and parks
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Half-box of leases of ‘the Fair Green’, ‘the Factory Field’ and other premises and parks described as being bounded on one side by ‘the new road from Parsonstown to Frankford’.
Rental of the ‘Inner estate’ [Parsonstown and the immediately outlying townlands]
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Rental of the ‘Inner estate’ [Parsonstown and the immediately outlying townlands], with a half-yearly rental of £4,500.
Parsonstown Inner estate: tenants’ accounts’
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Thick folio volume titled ‘Parsonstown [ie inner estate]: tenants’ accounts’, [including details of tenures and therefore possessing elements of a leasebook [see Q/16].
Printed Griffith’s Valuation of the Union of Parsonstown
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Printed Griffith’s Valuation of the Union of Parsonstown.
Correspondence 4th Earl and Lord Mayo
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Letters to the 4th Earl from the Chief Secretary, Lord Mayo, and others about representative peerage elections, including that of the 4th Earl himself.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Letters and papers of the 4th Earl about Parsonstown/Birr
Parte de The Rosse Papers
Letters and papers of the 4th Earl about Parsonstown/Birr: the Castle – his youthful recollections of it, extensions to it 1867-72 [see also M/25], a magazine portrait of his way of life there, 1898, and magazine obituaries of him, 1908; an incident which took place on the road between Banagher and Parsonstown and in which the 4th Earl and his party were stopped and temporarily put in gaol by a drunken R.I.C. man, 1868; the Parsonstown Barracks, 1869, 1899 and N.D.; the Parsonstown Town Commission and Commissioners, 1870 and 1885; admissions to the demesne of privileged locals, 1876-1910; and one of the bridges in the Birr Castle demesne, and the Rivers Brosna and Camcor, 1880 and 1896. The correspondents include Gladstone, W.E. Forster and Lords Strathnairn and Roberts. The sub-section also includes a small account book recording local subscriptions to the Parsonstown Defence Association, the Property Defence Association, the legal fund of the Irish Land Committee, and the Field and Rossmore Testimonials, c.1882.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Parsonstown Union Outgoing Letter-book
Copies of outgoing letters from John V. Brown, clerk of Parsonstown Union to various recipients, particularly the Poor Law Commissioners, detailing reliefs and works. Also includes copy outgoing correspondence relating to assisted emigration schemes for inmates of the Parsonstown workhouse during the course of the Great Famine.
Parsonstown (Birr) Poor Law Union